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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
6
An outline of spring fashion highlights features delicate voile dresses with lace details and tiered trims. Gray and dove tones lead, with pale yellow cream accents and Liberty silk waists. Fabrics include Corticello Silk, chiffon jabots, and ribbon beading for light spring ensembles.
The Ohio Experiment Station reports bitter rot in southeastern Ohio apples, urging prompt, effective spraying at two week intervals during early outbreak. It recommends Soda Bordeaux mixture as the best fungicide and mentions ammoniacal copper carbonate as an alternative. Botanist A. D. Schiby notes the danger period depends on grower efforts.
A Milwaukee reader testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured months of female health troubles. She credits two bottles with ending pain and declaring she has been well for a year. She notes free consultation with Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The text details the forging and finishing steps of scissors from bar steel. It covers heating, shaping the blade and shank, filing, grinding, handle fitting, polishing, and multiple adjustments before final assembly. It contrasts scissors with knives in edge sharpness and mentions Roman epicurean excess and Nero’s lavish dining rooms.
A loon on a lake dodges a gun flash, shrieking and vanishing beneath water before the hunter can reload. Its keen awareness and stealthy dives frustrate attempts to approach, while a water-spatter display marks a near miss.
A cryptic line by Atchison Glole reflects on how a man’s correct judgments endure longer in memory than the mistakes he made. The quotation contrasts lasting respect for accuracy with the fading record of error.
A Marshfield column argues church music should use the best instruments and voices, condemning critics who object to instruments and praising harmonious hymn singing. The piece urges Christians to cultivate talents for God’s glory and to reduce prejudice in worship.
Messner Hernald Dye and others announce candidacies for Probate Judge Clerk of Courts and County Commissioner in Athens County Republican Primary. Candidates include Lam A Hedges for probate judge and various contenders listed by the Messenger Herald in August primaries.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for insomnia and nervousness rooted in tea coffee tobacco and other stimulants or illness. It cites Mrs Carrie A Roberts of Augusta Maine as a proven case and notes pricing and availability by mail from the Dr Williams Medicine Company. It also drops in general notes about steamship and sailing vessel speeds and railway safety devices, then ends with a for sale notice for a 32 acre farm near Athens.
Railroad excursions advertise Mountain Lake Park Maryland as a high altitude healthful resort 2300 feet above sea level with five hotels and 100 cottages. The Mountain Chautauqua will offer lectures summer schools and entertainments with special low July August rates and excursions via B and O and S W railways. Information and rates available from ticket agents and L A Prude Mountain Lake Park MD.
During two parts of June July August and September the Hocking Valley will sell round trip tickets to Colorado Utah and South Dakota at greatly reduced rates. Tickets limited for return until October. For particulars inquire of agents.
Agents of the Ohio Central Lines will sell low rate excursion tickets to Beulah Frankfort Traverse City Ludington and Manistee on July 31 with return until August 16. Trains run through with no car changes at Toledo. For full rates times and details consult hand bills or agents.
Agents of the Ohio Central Lines announce Sunday excursion tickets at one fare round trip to all points with return by sale date. Special low rate to Chautauqua on Friday July 25th with return until August 26th. Tickets on sale July 21 22 23 26 28, return by Aug 2. Also through trains to Fort Beulah Frankfort Traverse City with return by Aug ith. Call on local agents for full details.
Overburdened organs cry out with Dyspepsia pains nausea dizziness headaches and liver and bowel troubles. Prompt use of Dr King's New Life Pills is urged as gentle thorough and guaranteed to cure at 25c at McKee's drug store.
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